Bus pass applications - apply for an older person's bus pass

Dial-a-ride bus service

Dial-a-ride services are designed to offer a door-to-door service for people who are unable to use ordinary public transport because of frailty or temporary or permanent disability. The vehicles are constructed for ease of access for all, including wheelchair users.

The staff can give you more assistance than the staff of conventional bus services; the drivers can escort you to or from your door, but cannot transfer you from your wheelchair. You will need to be a member of your local scheme (an annual charge usually applies) and will need to book both the outward and the return part of your journey, giving as much notice as possible.

The driver will collect your fare on the bus. If you are a registered member of a dial-a-ride scheme AND you have a Central Bedfordshire Travel Pass, you can travel at a concessionary fare (currently £1.50 per single trip, £3.00 return).

Area 3: Mid Beds

Includes the following towns and villages (please call for exact details):

Ampthill

Arlesey

Beeston

Biggleswade

Blunham

Bourne End

Brogborough

Broom

Campton

Chalton

Clifton

Clophill

Cranfield

Dunton

Eversholt

Everton

Eyeworth

Fairfield Park

Flitton

Flitwick

Greenfield

Harlington

Hatch

Haynes

Haynes West End

Henlow

Houghton Conquest

Ickwell

Langford

Lidlington

Lower Gravenhurst

Lower Shelton

Lower Stondon

Marston Moretaine

Maulden

Meppershall

Millbrook

Moggerhanger

Northill

Old Warden

Potton

Pulloxhill

Salford

Sandy

Shefford

Shillington

Silsoe

Southill

Stanford

Steppingley

Stotfold

Sutton

Tempsford

Upper Caldecote

UpperGravenhurst

Upper Shelton

Upper Stondon

Wardhedges

Westoning

Wrestlingworth

includes journeys to and from Bedford Town Centre and Bedford Hospital

Community bus services

There are also several community bus schemes in operation. These charitable organisations are staffed by volunteers who give their time to support these locally based groups. These buses generally operate journeys on a fixed route to several different villages once or twice per week which then continue to a larger town such as Bedford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Hitchin and others. Concessionary bus passes are valid on these services which often provide a vital link between smaller villages and larger towns. Many drivers operate the same routes every week and coupled with regular users create a friendly and welcoming atmosphere on board. Please contact the operators directly for full details of their routes and accessibility requirements.